From 2017 to 2021, Julien Cohen stood out as a buyer on the show Deal Done previously presented by Sophie Davant on the 2. But since last September the antique dealer has been talked about less for his work than for his private life. Julien Cohen crosses Currently a busy time. On the one hand, the man with blue glasses is preparing to become a father again at 60 years old. The person concerned shared this information on his Instagram account by publishing on May 28, a photo of his new partner, Mélanie, revealing her rounded belly.
“Life has never been a long, quiet river, but sometimes it has nice surprises in store for you, so for my 60th birthday, my partner gave me the greatest gift”, he said before announcing that he would very soon be the father of a little girl whose first name he has already revealed: “In a few days, maybe a week or two, I’m getting ready to welcome Ella.” At the same time, Julien Cohen is currently in the middle of divorce proceedings with his wife Karine Ohana-Cohen, with whom he was married for 27 years and with whom he already formed a blended family. It was in March 2025 that Julien Cohen announced their separation on Instagram, with a touch of lyricism. “Friends, you know me, I have always had a taste for beautiful things, rare objects and stories that stand the test of time… And among the most beautiful adventures of my life, there is one that lasted 27 years“.
Julien Cohen nothing is going well with his ex: “A normal guy never gives 50% of his boxes to his girlfriend, never”
 The participant in the first season of The Island had made a tender declaration to the mother of his daughter Carla: “27 years of passion, love and shared projects. 27 years of undertaking together, building, dreaming, setting challenges and surprising each other. We have always moved forward hand in hand… he declared before indicating that their paths were now taking “directions différentes”. He added “No drama, no bidding war” between them but “just the story of two people who, with respect and intelligence, choose to write their next chapters separately.” On this point we can estimate that the lover of beautiful things has advanced a little. His future ex-wife has in fact decided to speak publicly about their marriage which would have been marked by constant denigration following a first attempt at separation, in 2020. In addition to alleged physical violence, there was also intimidation, threats and insults “almost daily“.
Guest of Jordan De Luxe who published this Saturday, June 6, the video of their exchange, Julien Cohen says he resents his ex-wife, with whom he will have to share several million euros. “Millions of euros in business, he specifies I have no cash assets. It’s complicated, he sighs before adding: It’s the price of freedom, but basically we should have divorced normally. My wife is a 50% shareholder, she has 50% of everything I have. All we had to do was wait, take the time to sell what we have, so that she would benefit. Today she triggered legal cataclysms which make me resent her. And secondly she will have no more than what is planned…“ And to continue “A normal guy never gives 50% of his boxes to his girlfriend, never. I gave it to her because I had confidence and she deserved it. She worked with me at the time so What more does she want?” he was indignant. At the request of his host, he passes a message to the woman with whom he was so in love: “Come on, let’s have a drink and talk peacefully, without the sea** of lawyers trailing behind you and your toxic friends...” He concludes. “I would also tell him ‘look it’s simple, it’s basic we planned, I planned in quotes, this divorce from the start that we knew each other, you are a shareholder of everything, you just have to sell’ and period.”
Julien Cohen sees life in rosy shades despite everything
Despite his worries, Julien Cohen sees life in pink. He knows it, “silver plague is not fatal”. The former buyer ofDeal done plunged into a bath of youth barely four months after announcing his divorce. “Today, at the dawn of my 60th birthday, when I thought I had known everything, another story is being written. An unexpected, bright, strong story. I had the chance to meet Mélanie. An exceptional woman, twenty years my junior, who knew how, without forcing anything, to re-enchant my dark days.”, he confided in the caption of a photo with the latter.
On May 28, he said he saw the birth of his daughter as “a sign of destiny”. “She will be of the Chinese astrological sign of the Fire Horse, like her father, knowing that it is a sign which is only repeated every 60 years”he explained about the happy event on his Instagram account. A happiness like no other.
